Best Places to Work in Maine

B E S T P L A C E S TO W O R K 2 0 2 3 3 M aine is a great place to live and work, with a quality workforce and world-class businesses making up two of its most valuable resources. The Best Places to Work in Maine program helps bring these resources together to ensure Maine's leadership in the economy of the future. The Best Places to Work in Maine, conceived in 2006, is a celebration of elite employers that have proved they know what it takes to create an environment where people love to come to work. Identifying and recognizing these employers is a joint effort of the Maine State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management, Best Companies Group, and BridgeTower Media. The Best Places to Work in Maine program is open to all publicly or privately held organizations, either for- profi t or not-for-profi t. To be eligible, organizations must have at least 15 employees in the state of Maine, have a facility in Maine and have been in business a minimum of one year. The survey process was managed by Best Companies Group. A two-part survey process collected information a b o u t e a c h o r g a n i z a t i o n . T h a t information was then evaluated and used to determine the fi nal rankings. Part one of the assessment (one- quarter of each organization's score) consists of an employer survey that collects information about each employers' benefi ts, policies, practices and other general data. Part two of the assessment (representing three- quarters of the total score) consists of a confi dential employee survey that evaluates the employees' workplace experience. The two assessments provide information used in an in- depth analysis of the strengths of each organization and the opportunities to build a better workplace. Each organization that participated in the program received an Insights Report Package that summarized the data collected. Organizations that completed the entire assessment and reached a minimum response rate and score were eligible for a spot on the list of the Best Places to Work in Maine. T h e l i s t i s b r o k e n i n t o t h r e e categories: large organizations with 250 or more U.S. employees, medium organizations with 50 to 249 U.S. employees and small organizations with 15 to 49 U.S. employees. The organizations presented in the following pages are indeed innovators. They help their employees – and their businesses – succeed. For more information on this program, visit www.BestPlacestoWorkME.com or call Best Companies Group at 877- 455-2159. For more information about future sponsorships or event details, please contact Suzanne Fischer-Huettner at shuettner@ bridgetowermedia.com. Copyright 2023. All rights reserved. Publisher: Andrea Tetzlaff Writer: Laurie Schreiber Art Director: Matt Selva Designer: Mitchell Hayes Senior Account Managers: Ken Hanson, Kerry Rasor, Betsy VanderPloeg Society of Human Resource Managers (SHRM) Maine State Council How the Maine winners are selected The Best Companies Group process We are proud to be named one of the 2023 Best Places to Work in Maine 1.877.Bangor 1 | bangor.com Member FDIC | Equal Housing Lender Equal Opportunity Employer 2023 The winners presented on the following pages are indeed innovators and the ones other employers use as benchmarks.

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